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Your first step is working out if you need to move on or not - it's a business so
you don't want to invest money in IT you don't need to. So try to go with a
"benefits driven" approach.
Look at the situation and see what changes you think would be advantageous and then
start writing down why. Try to put a pounds and pence value on as many benefits as
you can but some will not be quantifiable in those terms (job satisfaction for
instance). Bear in mind that benefits depend on your perspective e.g. reduced
overtime is a benefit for the business but may not be regarded as a benefit by some
employees. Figure out what points to stress to different parties and where you're
likely to encounter resistance.
You then develop a plan for realizing those benefits you identified - what hardware
and software will be required, how much will it cost, how long it will be until you
start saving money, who will be responsible for changes in business process to take
advantage of the new system(s), etc.
If you can present a case which shows a relatively good cost/benefit ratio your much
more likely to convince management to invest in your proposal rather than all the
other demands on resources (more marketing or whatever) they have to balance.
--- On Sat, 11/4/09, Richard Brown <rich@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Richard Brown <rich@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [LUG] Help me move them on!
> To: list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Saturday, 11 April, 2009, 9:03 PM
> Hi All
>
> I have asked for help in numerous ways over the past few
> years and
> mostly on a technical nature. I feel the next request is a
> mixed bag
> and one that I am hoping all can get involved in.
>
> What am I talking about? Well it is an office in which I
> manage
> numerous computers and servers and have a job of keeping it
> all going.
> However, managing a computer system should be more than
> that. I feel
> we should be thinking ahead and deciding on a course of
> action that
> will improve accessibility, speed, office efficiency, cost
> effectiveness and ease of use.
>
> Firstly, what I am hoping is that someone out there might
> have already
> done this process and can help me start to look at cost
> right now.
> Once that is done and people can see what we're doing now I
> am hoping
> that together we can start to put together a document that
> looks at
> the future and where we can be in say a years time.
>
> I realise that this is part of my job and maybe something I
> should do
> on my own. But I feel that something like this could become
> a useful
> process for us all and with maybe names and specifics
> removed a useful
> document to use in similar situations and will be useful to
> us all.
>
> So back to the initial question has anybody got a link or a
> document
> that could point me to a computer and software audit
> please? Once
> compiled I am happy to post the stuff to an email or maybe
> blog post
> or pdf.... and we could get our heads together to put
> together a
> proposal to move on. For instance, the firm heavily uses
> Sage... not
> just as an accounting system but as a crm and an erp tool.
> So I have
> already started to look at SugarCRM which has a tool for
> connecting to
> Sage. So in order to migrate, we maybe firstly get them
> using proper
> crm, stock control, erp tools and at some point migrate
> them fully
> away from Sage.
>
> I hope this will be a useful exercise. Many thanks.
> --
> Kind regards
> Rich
> http://www.cregy.co.uk
> Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can
> do for him.
> Romans 12 v 1
>
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